CVE-2022-41950

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability by wrong chmod param

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 22, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:04 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSuper XrayXray Project Super Xray· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

super-xray is the GUI alternative for vulnerability scanning tool xray. In 0.2-beta, a privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered. This caused inaccurate default xray permissions. Note: this vulnerability only affects Linux and Mac OS systems. Users should upgrade to super-xray 0.3-beta.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

apple-macos (environment) · linux-linux-kernel (environment)
v < 0.3-beta
Affected range stops below 0.3-beta, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-250

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